Supp yall, I'm a former college athlete and armature boxer who has had several back and neck injuries. I have lifted free weights for a number of years and after consulting with my chiropractor and doing some reading I have come to the revalorization that I DO NOT NEED FREE WEIGHTS. Here are some of the exercises I use;
Pull-ups (Drop pull-ups, one handed, one armed, behind the neck, chinning and so on), Hand stand presses and holds, grip work, dips, push-ups, farmers walking, lunges, jump squats, one leg calve raises on a ledge, Pistols (bend one leg and point one leg forward kind of like your doing a one leg squat all the way down and up), rope climbing.
I use a weight belt for the dips and pull-ups and my ruck-sack or a book-bag to add weight for the pistols, jump squats and lunges.
Here is my split each work-out takes between 25-70 minutes, I use 2-6 of the exercises listed above for 2-6 work sets;
M-HIIT and abs
T-Body weight training
W-HIIT and abs
Th-Body weight training
F-HIIT and abs
Sat-Jogging and maybe abs depending on how I feel
Sun-Body weight training
This program has done wonders for my back and neck. I would love to get input from some of you meatheads on my program Hit me up.
,Mike
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09-24-2006, 01:01 PM #1
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Body weight exercises are better than free weights!
I love to lift:)
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09-24-2006, 01:31 PM #2
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09-24-2006, 01:40 PM #3Originally Posted by 1MikeD
and while ur program aint bad, its not gonna get the kind of results most here are loking for, especially if ur not a naturally large person.Fake "the move" and do "the dominator" - I'll miss HS wrestling... looking forward to Gator club wrestling though
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09-24-2006, 06:41 PM #10
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Originally Posted by Jason Pegg
,MikeI love to lift:)
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09-24-2006, 06:44 PM #11
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09-24-2006, 06:49 PM #12
The basics; one legged squats/pushups, I do bridches, handstand pushups, pull/chin ups and dips (for core cruches and hypers), I finish off with burpees or some other form that works the body in it's total...
After reaching a certain amount of reps, I try to do a more difficult version of the ones mentioned above...
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09-24-2006, 06:57 PM #13
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09-24-2006, 07:04 PM #14
Yeah wall sits are great!
I probably called it wrong, bridging; http://www.99shadesofgrey.com/sandfit/mattfurey.jpg
Burpees couldn't find a good pic...
Edit; http://www.frixo.com/sites/fitness/e...es/burpee.html
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09-24-2006, 09:06 PM #15
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09-24-2006, 09:31 PM #16
Yea... not really. Bodyweights are better for improving your ability at doing bodyweights and free weights are better for maximal strength. So what I'm saying is... you can't really compare the two. But seeing as how these are bodybuilding forums with a big subgroup of users who are into powerlifting / strength training, weights are obviously better suited for these goals. If you go onto some martial arts or military training forums, I'm sure bodyweights will be the choice there. It all depends on what your goals are.
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09-24-2006, 11:35 PM #17
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09-25-2006, 12:26 AM #19
I don't know why we keep going from one extreme to another. You can easily do both free weights, and BW(with resistance) and get the best of both worlds.
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09-25-2006, 12:36 AM #20
If you want an obscene amount of muscle mass stick with free weights. Bodyweight exercises have a tendency to make one's strength to bodyweight ratio absurdly high (see gymnasts), but do very little for packing on mass. My workouts consist of some of each as I need a high strength to bodyweight ratio for my sport.
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09-25-2006, 01:40 AM #21
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09-25-2006, 05:17 AM #23
A lot of weightlifters in the past were also capable of doing gymnastics feats...
Powerlifting/bodybuilding/strongman and gymnastic stuff were all mixed into one, you don't see that a lot anymore...
That's because if you focus on all, you can't be the best at one thing. But to me that doesn't really matter...
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09-25-2006, 05:23 AM #25
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Originally Posted by Viking Warrior
,MikeI love to lift:)
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09-25-2006, 05:26 AM #26
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Originally Posted by Liquidtensi0n
I think most people who train solely with weights would probably benefit from some sort of bodyweight conditioning work like burpees and suchlike.
But of course it's going to depend on your goals. I'm not going to squat 400lbs or deadlift 500lbs using bodyweight exercises, so I don't use them for this purpose. However I know my conditioning could be improved so I do 100 burpees (pushup variation) and try to get the time down each time I do them. It's a killer!Awesome. Awesome to the max.
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09-25-2006, 03:53 PM #27
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Originally Posted by Liquidtensi0n
,MikeI love to lift:)
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